My experience building the same app in Ruby, Java, and TypeScript
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Building the same DOCX plugin three times in Ruby, Java, and TypeScript reveals clear tradeoffs between each language. Ruby's lack of typing caused frustrating debugging, while Java's built-in zip/XML support and mature runtime made it the smoothest experience. TypeScript with Bun was ultimately chosen for its potential MCPB support, which could shrink binary size by 99%.
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